Cole was born in Woking, Surrey and was educated at Balham Secondary School in London. He did military service in the Royal Air Force from 1955 to 1957.[citation needed] His subsequent career included 1958 employment with Reuters news agency in London, working as a reporter (1965–70), as a senior editor (1974–94) at the Central Office of Information, London.[citation needed] He was Northern Arts Fellow at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Durham University (1970–72).[1] He published several collections of poems and four novels.[2] His 1968 poetry collection, Moonsearch, was a Poetry Book Society recommendation.[3] In 2015, Shoestring Press published a festschrift celebrating his life, edited by John Lucas. This included poems, a story, photographs, essays and Cole's final, innovative sequence of 13 poems, Broken Sonnets, which are marked by the use of ellipses to suggest gaps of memory or words that are too painful to be given expression.
In 1959, he married Rita Linihan[1] and they had three daughters, Celia, Rebecca, and Jessica.[3] He was a close friend of the writer Bryan Johnson, whose 1973 suicide had a traumatic effect on Cole.[1]
Bibliographyedit
Poetry
Blood Ties (Turret Books, 1967)
Moonsearch (1968)
Ulysses in the Town of Coloured Glass (London, Turret, 1968)
The Visitors (1970)
Vanessa in the City (Trigram Press, 1971)
Pathetic Fallacies (London, Eyre Methuen, 1973)
The Rehousing of Scaffardi (Richmond, Surrey: Keepsake Press, 1976)
Dedications (Byron Press: 1977)
Inside Outside: New and Selected Poems (Shoestring Press, 1997, ISBN1-899549-11-0)
Ghosts Are People Too (Shoestring Press, 2003)
Broken Sonnets (privately printed 'eyelet' chap book, 2008)
Novels
A Run Across the Island (1968)
Joseph Winter's Patronage (1969)
In Search of Rita (Methuen, 1970)
The Giver (Methuen, 1971)
Referencesedit
^ abcDavid Belbin, "Barry Cole: Critically acclaimed novelist and poet whose career was overshadowed by the death of his friend BS Johnson", The Independent, 27 July 2014.
barry, cole, born, 13th, november, 1936, poet, novelist, from, woking, surrey, contents, biography, bibliography, references, external, linksbiography, editcole, born, woking, surrey, educated, balham, secondary, school, london, military, service, royal, force. Barry Cole Born 13th November 1936 was a poet and novelist from Woking Surrey Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksBiography editCole was born in Woking Surrey and was educated at Balham Secondary School in London He did military service in the Royal Air Force from 1955 to 1957 citation needed His subsequent career included 1958 employment with Reuters news agency in London working as a reporter 1965 70 as a senior editor 1974 94 at the Central Office of Information London citation needed He was Northern Arts Fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham University 1970 72 1 He published several collections of poems and four novels 2 His 1968 poetry collection Moonsearch was a Poetry Book Society recommendation 3 In 2015 Shoestring Press published a festschrift celebrating his life edited by John Lucas This included poems a story photographs essays and Cole s final innovative sequence of 13 poems Broken Sonnets which are marked by the use of ellipses to suggest gaps of memory or words that are too painful to be given expression In 1959 he married Rita Linihan 1 and they had three daughters Celia Rebecca and Jessica 3 He was a close friend of the writer Bryan Johnson whose 1973 suicide had a traumatic effect on Cole 1 Bibliography editPoetry Blood Ties Turret Books 1967 Moonsearch 1968 Ulysses in the Town of Coloured Glass London Turret 1968 The Visitors 1970 Vanessa in the City Trigram Press 1971 Pathetic Fallacies London Eyre Methuen 1973 The Rehousing of Scaffardi Richmond Surrey Keepsake Press 1976 Dedications Byron Press 1977 Inside Outside New and Selected Poems Shoestring Press 1997 ISBN 1 899549 11 0 Ghosts Are People Too Shoestring Press 2003 Broken Sonnets privately printed eyelet chap book 2008 Novels A Run Across the Island 1968 Joseph Winter s Patronage 1969 In Search of Rita Methuen 1970 The Giver Methuen 1971 References edit a b c David Belbin Barry Cole Critically acclaimed novelist and poet whose career was overshadowed by the death of his friend BS Johnson The Independent 27 July 2014 WorldCat a b John Lucas Other lives Barry Cole obituary The Guardian 15 July 2014 External links editJohn Lucas Other lives Barry Cole obituary The Guardian 15 July 2014 nbsp This article about a poet from the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an English writer poet or playwright is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barry Cole amp oldid 1182470504, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
